Text Structures From Fairy Tales
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Description
Standardized tests and college essay prompts demand that students produce quality analytical writing about abstract concepts. But how do you actually teach this kind of writing? Award-winning authors Gretchen Bernabei and Judi Reimer make it easy and fun. This book includes 35 engaging lessons that give students just the focused practice they need to craft effective, analytical writing for any situation.
Centered on classic fairy tales and designed for students of all ages, each lesson includes a writing prompt accompanied by a planning framework. Students write a truism, select or create a text structure, and write a kernel essay that serves as scaffolding for a detailed rhetorical piece. With practice, students move from depending on teacher guidance to becoming autonomous analytical writers. The teacher-friendly layout and built-in flexibility of the book empower you to
- Use each fairy tale lesson for reading, for writing, or for both
- Cluster lessons around a particular literacy concept or use each as a standalone lesson
- Pair fairy tales thematically with other readings
- Customize the text structure options to meet the needs of your individual students
- Encourage students to create their own text structures
- Teach students simple ways to expand their ideas into detailed, rich essays
- Additional ideas for how to use the lessons, a complete collection of text structures, craft lessons on revision, and a list of conversation strategies are also included.
Put Text Structures From Fairy Tales to work in your classroom and soon your students will be writing happily ever after.
Contents
Dedication
Dedication
Introduction
Introduction
Lessons: Student Planning Pages with Fairy Tale Texts
- Structure for Writing About Life Themes
- 1. Beauty and the Beast
- 2. The Bremen Town Musicians
- 3. Cinderella
- 4. Diamonds and Toads
- 5. The Elves and the Shoemaker
- Structures for Explaining a Concept
- 6. The Emperor's New Clothes
- 7. The Fisherman and His Wife
- 8. The Frog Prince
- 9. The Gingerbread Boy
- 10. The Golden Goose
- Structures for Character Analysis
- 11. Hansel and Gretel
- 12. Henny Penny
- 13. Jack and the Beanstalk
- 14. The Little Red Hen
- 15. Little Red Riding Hood
- Structures for Analyzing a Theme in Literature
- 16. The Nightingale
- 17. One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes
- 18. The Princess and the pea
- 19. Puss in Boots
- 20. Rapunzel
- Structures for Commentary About Plot
- 21. Rumpelstiltskin
- 22. The Sleeping Beauty
- 23. Snow White
- 24. Snow White and Rose Red
- 25. The Three Bears
- Structures for Making an Argument
- 26. The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- 27. The Three Little Pigs
- 28. The Three Sillies
- 29. Thumbelina
- 30. The Tinderbox
- Structures for Content-Area Writing
- 31. Tom Thumb
- 32. The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- 33. The Ugly Duckling
- 34. The Wild Swans
- 35. The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
Appendix
- i. Complete Text Structures Collections
- ii. 25 More Things to do With These Lessons
- iii. Blank Student Planning Page for Black Line Master
- iv. Text Chunkyard
- v. Get Student Writers Talking: Conversation Strategies
- vi. Steps for the Truism Braid Essay
- vii. Reader Rubric with Words and Faces
- viii. Intensity Scale
- ix. What's Better... This? Or That?
- x. Ms. Kern's Final Exam Project and Timetable
- xi. Craft Lessons for Revision
- a. Truisms
- b. Adding Details
- c. Sparkling Sentences
- d. 11-Minute Essays
- e. Ba-da-bing!
- f. Writer's Toolbox with Dead Giveaways
- g. Writing Book Reports
Resources
Companion Website
http://resources.corwin.com/fairytalesAdditional materials
Description
Standardized tests and college essay prompts demand that students produce quality analytical writing about abstract concepts. But how do you actually teach this kind of writing? Award-winning authors Gretchen Bernabei and Judi Reimer make it easy and fun. This book includes 35 engaging lessons that give students just the focused practice they need to craft effective, analytical writing for any situation.
Centered on classic fairy tales and designed for students of all ages, each lesson includes a writing prompt accompanied by a planning framework. Students write a truism, select or create a text structure, and write a kernel essay that serves as scaffolding for a detailed rhetorical piece. With practice, students move from depending on teacher guidance to becoming autonomous analytical writers. The teacher-friendly layout and built-in flexibility of the book empower you to
- Use each fairy tale lesson for reading, for writing, or for both
- Cluster lessons around a particular literacy concept or use each as a standalone lesson
- Pair fairy tales thematically with other readings
- Customize the text structure options to meet the needs of your individual students
- Encourage students to create their own text structures
- Teach students simple ways to expand their ideas into detailed, rich essays
- Additional ideas for how to use the lessons, a complete collection of text structures, craft lessons on revision, and a list of conversation strategies are also included.
Put Text Structures From Fairy Tales to work in your classroom and soon your students will be writing happily ever after.
Contents
Dedication
Dedication
Introduction
Introduction
Lessons: Student Planning Pages with Fairy Tale Texts
- Structure for Writing About Life Themes
- 1. Beauty and the Beast
- 2. The Bremen Town Musicians
- 3. Cinderella
- 4. Diamonds and Toads
- 5. The Elves and the Shoemaker
- Structures for Explaining a Concept
- 6. The Emperor's New Clothes
- 7. The Fisherman and His Wife
- 8. The Frog Prince
- 9. The Gingerbread Boy
- 10. The Golden Goose
- Structures for Character Analysis
- 11. Hansel and Gretel
- 12. Henny Penny
- 13. Jack and the Beanstalk
- 14. The Little Red Hen
- 15. Little Red Riding Hood
- Structures for Analyzing a Theme in Literature
- 16. The Nightingale
- 17. One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes
- 18. The Princess and the pea
- 19. Puss in Boots
- 20. Rapunzel
- Structures for Commentary About Plot
- 21. Rumpelstiltskin
- 22. The Sleeping Beauty
- 23. Snow White
- 24. Snow White and Rose Red
- 25. The Three Bears
- Structures for Making an Argument
- 26. The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- 27. The Three Little Pigs
- 28. The Three Sillies
- 29. Thumbelina
- 30. The Tinderbox
- Structures for Content-Area Writing
- 31. Tom Thumb
- 32. The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- 33. The Ugly Duckling
- 34. The Wild Swans
- 35. The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
Appendix
- i. Complete Text Structures Collections
- ii. 25 More Things to do With These Lessons
- iii. Blank Student Planning Page for Black Line Master
- iv. Text Chunkyard
- v. Get Student Writers Talking: Conversation Strategies
- vi. Steps for the Truism Braid Essay
- vii. Reader Rubric with Words and Faces
- viii. Intensity Scale
- ix. What's Better... This? Or That?
- x. Ms. Kern's Final Exam Project and Timetable
- xi. Craft Lessons for Revision
- a. Truisms
- b. Adding Details
- c. Sparkling Sentences
- d. 11-Minute Essays
- e. Ba-da-bing!
- f. Writer's Toolbox with Dead Giveaways
- g. Writing Book Reports
Resources
Companion Website
http://resources.corwin.com/fairytalesAdditional materials
Text Structures From Fairy Tales
Truisms That Help Students Write About Abstract Concepts . . . and Live Happily Ever After, Grades 4-12
December 2018 | 248 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/01/2025 | 9781544361154 | $40.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/01/2025 | 9781544371900 | $37.00 |
Standardized tests and college essay prompts demand that students produce quality analytical writing about abstract concepts. But how do you actually teach this kind of writing? Award-winning authors Gretchen Bernabei and Judi Reimer make it easy and fun. This book includes 35 engaging lessons that give students just the focused practice they need to craft effective, analytical writing for any situation.
Centered on classic fairy tales and designed for students of all ages, each lesson includes a writing prompt accompanied by a planning framework. Students write a truism, select or create a text structure, and write a kernel essay that serves as scaffolding for a detailed rhetorical piece. With practice, students move from depending on teacher guidance to becoming autonomous analytical writers. The teacher-friendly layout and built-in flexibility of the book empower you to
- Use each fairy tale lesson for reading, for writing, or for both
- Cluster lessons around a particular literacy concept or use each as a standalone lesson
- Pair fairy tales thematically with other readings
- Customize the text structure options to meet the needs of your individual students
- Encourage students to create their own text structures
- Teach students simple ways to expand their ideas into detailed, rich essays
- Additional ideas for how to use the lessons, a complete collection of text structures, craft lessons on revision, and a list of conversation strategies are also included.
Put Text Structures From Fairy Tales to work in your classroom and soon your students will be writing happily ever after.
Table Of Contents:
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Lessons: Student Planning Pages with Fairy Tale Texts
- Structure for Writing About Life Themes
- 1. Beauty and the Beast
- 2. The Bremen Town Musicians
- 3. Cinderella
- 4. Diamonds and Toads
- 5. The Elves and the Shoemaker
- Structures for Explaining a Concept
- 6. The Emperor's New Clothes
- 7. The Fisherman and His Wife
- 8. The Frog Prince
- 9. The Gingerbread Boy
- 10. The Golden Goose
- Structures for Character Analysis
- 11. Hansel and Gretel
- 12. Henny Penny
- 13. Jack and the Beanstalk
- 14. The Little Red Hen
- 15. Little Red Riding Hood
- Structures for Analyzing a Theme in Literature
- 16. The Nightingale
- 17. One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes
- 18. The Princess and the pea
- 19. Puss in Boots
- 20. Rapunzel
- Structures for Commentary About Plot
- 21. Rumpelstiltskin
- 22. The Sleeping Beauty
- 23. Snow White
- 24. Snow White and Rose Red
- 25. The Three Bears
- Structures for Making an Argument
- 26. The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- 27. The Three Little Pigs
- 28. The Three Sillies
- 29. Thumbelina
- 30. The Tinderbox
- Structures for Content-Area Writing
- 31. Tom Thumb
- 32. The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- 33. The Ugly Duckling
- 34. The Wild Swans
- 35. The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
- Appendix
- i. Complete Text Structures Collections
- ii. 25 More Things to do With These Lessons
- iii. Blank Student Planning Page for Black Line Master
- iv. Text Chunkyard
- v. Get Student Writers Talking: Conversation Strategies
- vi. Steps for the Truism Braid Essay
- vii. Reader Rubric with Words and Faces
- viii. Intensity Scale
- ix. What's Better... This? Or That?
- x. Ms. Kern's Final Exam Project and Timetable
- xi. Craft Lessons for Revision
- a. Truisms
- b. Adding Details
- c. Sparkling Sentences
- d. 11-Minute Essays
- e. Ba-da-bing!
- f. Writer's Toolbox with Dead Giveaways
- g. Writing Book Reports